Amida
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Amida can mean:
- AmitabhaAmitabhaAmitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...
, an important Buddha in East Asian Buddhism - Amida (genus)Amida (genus)Amida is a genus of ladybirds primarily found in Asia. A relatively small genus although new species are still being discovered and described in China and Vietnam.Photos may be seen at the following URL: http://freebsd.tspes.tpc.edu.tw/~afu/74n.htm...
, a beetle genus - Amida BuddhaAmitabhaAmitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...
- AmidahAmidahThe Amidah , also called the Shmoneh Esreh , is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. This prayer, among others, is found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book...
, the central prayer of the Jewish services - Amidakuji, a way of drawing lots
- Amitabh BachchanAmitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
, an actor - Amida (Roman city)Amida (Roman city)Amida was an ancient city located where modern Diyarbakır, Turkey. The Roman writers Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius consider it a city of Mesopotamia, but it may be more properly viewed as belonging to Armenia Major....
, modern DiyarbakırDiyarbakırDiyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
, a city in Turkey